Relationship of Dietary Intake to Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 492-497

  Levy, Susan E ^a   Souders, Margaret C ^a   Ittenbach, Richard F ^a   Giarelli, Ellen ^a,b   Mulberg, Andrew E ^a   Pinto Martin, Jennifer A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; autism spectrum disorders (ASD); gastrointestinal (GI); pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD NOS); recommended dietary allowance (RDA)

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETITIAN; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; SECRETIN;

EID: 33846627653     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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